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The granary and cheese-making facility of the former Sieksāte (Berghof) Estate now house a museum (since 1985) which tracks the route of milk from the cow to the finished product. You can try your hand at milking cows and churning butter, and then you can taste what you have created. There is also a garden of fallow deer. |
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The Berghof Milk Estate with saunas. The weekend sauna at the estate offers a country sauna and the holiest type of traditional sauna – the black rock sauna. This is a ritual which takes several hours, with handmade switches, massages, scrubs, rinsing and herbal teas from Sieksāte. The mansion of the estate has a wet sauna, a steam sauna, a basin with a stream and a fireplace. The Rožu Saloon off ers delicious dining, and the Milk Spa allows you to relax in milk baths. See accommodation Nr. 917. |
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This restored historical estate has a luxurious hotel with 23 rooms and the Rose Saloon where dishes are offered from locally grown ingredients. Pamper yourself in the spa salon with milk baths and massages. There is a sauna with a fireplace hall, small pool, aromatic steam bath and sauna. Lovers of sauna rituals have access to a white countryside sauna and a black stone sauna. There are facilities for larger and smaller celebrations. There is an area for caravans, as well as tennis courts for athletes. Visit the Milk Museum to learn all about milk. You can try your hand at milking a cow and churning butter that you can taste after it is done. You can listen to a speaking little cow, Venta, who will talk about the origins of milk. Also resident on the state are deer, sheep and horses named Mia and Mara. The estate is surrounded by an apple orchard and park, with all trees labelled. Next door is the Garīki farm, where mushrooms are grown. It is also worth a visit. The estate is on the edge of the Southern Courlandian Highlands, offering beautiful views of the surrounding area. |